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27.11.2025

UPC Court fees to increase from January 2026

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26.11.2025

CD Milano provides answers on “How many attacks are too many?” (UPC_CFI_497/2024, UPC_CFI_571/2024)

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11.11.2025

UPC Court of Appeal clarifies added-matter test for divisional applications (UPC_CoA_764/2024)

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01.11.2025

UPC announces new presiding judges for Munich Divisions and Court of Appeal (Effective 2026)

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About the UPC

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is a common court system, which allows to enforce patents across all of the EU Member States that have ratified the UPC Agreement. This new legal system will bring the biggest changes to patent practice in Europe since the introduction of the EPC. 

Eventually, the UPC will have exclusive competence in the Contracting Member States with respect to Unitary Patents and European Patents.

About the UPC

Contact persons for the UPC

Thorsten Bausch

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Chem., German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

C. Thomas Becher

Dipl.-Ing. (Mechanical Engineering), German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Christopher Furlong

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), MIEI, British and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Morten Garberg

M.Sc. (Chemistry), British, Irish and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Niels Hölder

Dr. jur., LL.M. IP, Attorney-at-Law, Certified Specialist IP Lawyer and UPC Representative

Mark A.G. Jones

DPhil, MPhys, British and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Peter Klusmann

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Chem., LL.M., German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Gregor König

German Patent and Trade Mark Attorney, European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Nadja Muncke

Dr. rer. nat., State Examination in Biology and Chemistry, British, Irish and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Markus G. Müller

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Phys., M.Sc. (Physics), German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Joachim Renken

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Chem., German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Anne Katrin Schön

Dipl.-Ing. (Mechanical Engineering), German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine

Dr. jur., Attorney-at-Law and Mediator, UPC Representative

Georg Siegert

Dr.-Ing. (Electrical Engineering), Dipl.-Phys., German and European Patent Attorney

David Sproston

B.Sc. (Physics), British and European Patent Attorney, European Trademark Attorney, UPC Representative

Clemens Tobias Steins

Dr. jur., LL.M., Attorney-at-Law, UPC Representative

Klemens Stratmann

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Chem., German and European Patent Attorney

Holger Stratmann

Attorney-at-Law, UPC Representative

Henrik Vocke

Ph.D. (Engineering), German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Leonard L. Werner-Jones

Dr. (Biology), B.A. (Biology), German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

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